So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ
Jesus. (Romans 6:11
NRSV Bible)
I remember reading about a church that had burned to the ground. Determined to
rebuild, the church board secured money from the congregation and then looked for
a bank loan. The first bank refused, saying that a church of only 50 members was no
longer viable in the modern world. A second bank, however, gave them a 20-year
mortgage--which the members paid off in eight years. At the burning of the
mortgage papers and the celebration of the church's bicentennial, the minister
reminded the congregation of these facts. The church, once judged by a bank to be
"dead," was still alive, while the bank which made that assessment was gone,
bought by a larger bank and subsequently closed. The bank was dead, the church is
alive.
Let's make sure that our church is alive and that we are alive in Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, during this season of Christmas, help me to be live with you, so that I
may truly honor our heavenly Father. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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